1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to clean water; providing for loans to individuals for repair or 
1.3 	replacement of subsurface sewage treatment systems; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. AGRICULTURE; APPROPRIATION FOR SSTS LOANS.
 1.6 	$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 from the clean water fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of agriculture for a separate allocation under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.8 	17.117, to local government units as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 17.117, 
1.9 	subdivision 4, paragraph (n). Funds allocated under this section must meet all of the 
1.10 	requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 17.117, but must be used by the local 
1.11 	government unit to provide loans to assist property owners in repairing or replacing 
1.12 	subsurface sewage treatment systems. Local government units must apply for funds 
1.13 	appropriated under this section as a separate application under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.14 	17.117, subdivision 6, for separate review and ranking. For purposes of funding this 
1.15 	section, a separate revolving account is established in the special revenue fund under 
1.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 17.117, subdivision 5a, consisting of this appropriation and 
1.17 	other amounts as provided in subdivision 5a. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
1.18 	the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 117.17, apply to the appropriation under this 
1.19 	section. This appropriation does not cancel but is available in fiscal year 2015.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.